jacobian
“We believe that open source should be sustainable and open source maintainers should get paid!”
Maintainer: *introduces commercial features*
“Not like that”
Maintainer: *works for a large tech co*
“Not like that”
Maintainer: *takes investment*
“Not like that”
@jacob tidelift
@jacob too relatable, we have people mad at us for selling shirts
@jacob
“We believe that open source should be sustainable"
"open source maintainers should get paid!”
Are two seperate beliefs. It's possible to talk about options to make FOSS and FLOSS sustainable that don't require the use of money / power coupons at all or as much or with such centrality. Or so I hope and choose to believe and imagine.